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I know this was only fitted as a decoration but I would like for it to work just a little bit, I have built the pivot pin up so that the shoes are out against the drum so I get as much shoe surface as possible against the drum but it still doesn't do much. Any thoughts

Softest linings you can get Norm. I found an early asbestos set with a bunch of old parts and whilst they aren't as health giving as you'd want they were at least 200% better than the modern linings I had purchased at great expense. I discovered later that the modern linings were suitable for Formula VW racing and designed not to fade. Little or no chance of that on an RE I'd say.

Softest linings you can get Norm. I found an early asbestos set with a bunch of old parts and whilst they aren't as health giving as you'd want they were at least 200% better than the modern linings I had purchased at great expense. I discovered later that the modern linings were suitable for Formula VW racing and designed not to fade. Little or no chance of that on an RE I'd say.

Softest linings you can get Norm. I found an early asbestos set with a bunch of old parts and whilst they aren't as health giving as you'd want they were at least 200% better than the modern linings I had purchased at great expense. I discovered later that the modern linings were suitable for Formula VW racing and designed not to fade. Little or no chance of that on an RE I'd say.

Softest linings you can get Norm. I found an early asbestos set with a bunch of old parts and whilst they aren't as health giving as you'd want they were at least 200% better than the modern linings I had purchased at great expense. I discovered later that the modern linings were suitable for Formula VW racing and designed not to fade. Little or no chance of that on an RE I'd say.

Arrrgh!

Simon, I wonder if tipping sand in there through a funnel might help seems to work on trains

Always amazed me that a company that supplied hubs and brakes to some of the most famous names in British motorcycling put such puny underpowered brakes on their own machines.

Softest linings you can get Norm. I found an early asbestos set with a bunch of old parts and whilst they aren't as health giving as you'd want they were at least 200% better than the modern linings I had purchased at great expense. I discovered later that the modern linings were suitable for Formula VW racing and designed not to fade. Little or no chance of that on an RE I'd say..........heard you first time, Simon!!

Norm, Norm,



A little bird told me, "get the softest linings!



Actually, I think it was a whole flock of little birds!